The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-22
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.

4 Yesterdays Quotations on Produce at tho
Two Great Commercial Centers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2l.-Flour-Receipts,
46,57 packages; exports, 1864 brls, and As, COL
sacks. Steadily held but trading light common
10 choice white wheat Western extra 81 so "a. 20;
fancy white wheat Western extra. $500 05. 20;
patent Minnesota. extra good to prime. 81 400
40; choice to fancy, 500 20.
Wheat-Receipts. 80, 800 bu; exports, 40. LA
bu sales. 61O4 900 bu futures and a. 900 bu spot.
Options advanced 01c early. later fell back s0
&c. closing steady; speculation fairly active spot
lots 10 higher; but lifeless; No 2 spring Gle; I'M
graded red. 72a 09lc; No. red. SSac; No. 2 red,
903c elevator. 9l2 q 92c delivered: No. l req nom
inal At 95c; No l white nominal at 95c; No.
red December nominal at 9O2c; January. 90s a
Gle, closing at 902c; February. 9l4 924c, clos
ing at 91Ec: March. 9215-l6 q 93sc, closing at
93c; April 81 944c, closing at 94c; May. 81 916O
este. closing at 94sc: june 94s 95sc. closing at
S4c; August. 94c; December Qss8l. 9s4 $3.50,
closing at 98sc.
Corn-Receipts, 35, 100 bu; exports. 81. 800 bu;
sales, $50. 600 bu futures and $4,000 bu spot;
about &c better all around; trade very slack.
Ungraded. 60 a 6l4c; No g. sole; steamer. 60sc;
No. 2 December. nominal; January. 61s 06lsc,
closing at 61sc; February. 61s 062!c, closing
at 62s; May, 62s a Csc, closing at 62sc.
sales, 18o Ceo bu futures ss and io5 900 bu SPOT;
301e higher; rather quiet. Mixed Western,
81 a 3SAc; white do, 80 a 44c.
Hay in light demand; shipping, so 055c.
Hops quiet and steady. California, IA a 15c.
Coffee-Spot fair Rio frmer at 1ss q Ice.
Options more active; sales. 04,75O bags. De-
cember 1850 Dale 75c; January. 1850 016.60c;
February, 16 40 ole SOC; March, 16.400 l6 soc;
April. Is 80 016 45c: May. 16.300I6.45e; june
16 20 ale Soc; July I6 00 16. 15c; August, Is 65
a 10 soc; September, ID. 40 a SOC; October
Is 20 Is 25c; November, 1905 a IL. 25c; Decem-
Der (18SSl, Is. 90 q Is. zoe.
Sugar unchanged and quiet; refined quiet;
standard A. 81 a 6. 56c; confectioners A, &c. Mo-
lasses steady; 50-test 24c. Rice quiet and easv
Tallow very steady. Rosin quiet at 81. 05 o
l10
Eggs have a fair demand; Western, % a 231c;
receipts, l. 1SS packages
Pork stronger and more active; mess quoted at
Sl5 so a 10 for one-year-od. Cut meats dull and
heavy; picked bellies TIC; picked shoulders,
6sc. Lard opened somewhat stronger, but
closed 2d3 points lower and dull; Western
steam, spot, s 10 as 15c; January. SOC .09c;
February, 8.12 s. 15c; March. S.20c; May, s. 81
063?e; June, Ace; city steam Z. Soc.
Butter steady but quiet; Western, 10 q 33c.
Cheese dull and unchanged.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2L-Brokers on Change at
the opening to-day, used the fact that a severe
cold wave was lowering over the winter wheat
region, threatening to hurt the crop to force MP
the price of grains. May wheat which closed
yesterday at S33c. opened at Sac aud went to
S4sc immediately. But il drifted into a quiet
market, and sold down TO SAC, then up TO SAFE
and back again TO sac. May corn opened sc
higher, at 5isc, ard prices hung around 53E q
54c, and on some heavy buying went up to Sale,
later dropping down to 544 054.e May pork